NRL news: Paul Gallen says Matt Moylan content at new home Cronulla, confirms position at five-eighth

Cronulla captain Paul Gallen says new teammate Matt Moylan has settled right in at his new club in the Shire and is poised to return to top form with the side in 2018.

The skipper opened up to Wide World of Sports about the bumper swap deal that saw 2016 Premiership-winning five-eighth James Maloney shipped off to Penrith and former Panther Moylan signed to the Sharks.

"It will never be forgotten what Jimmy Maloney did for our club, helping us win the premiership, he’ll always be welcome there," Gallen said.

"But it was well-documented that he wanted more money and wanted an upgrade and the club weren’t in a position to do that, so the way the Maloney and Moylan thing turned out is a great fit for both clubs."

After sitting out the latter part of the 2017 season to deal with personal issues, Gallen said Moylan now appears to be in a positive frame of mind since arriving at Cronulla, and the Sharks veteran is confident it will show on the footy field.

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"I think a lot of rugby league players, when they’re happy they play well and I think that will be the case with Matty Moylan," Gallen said.

"For some reason he wasn’t happy, I wasn’t sure what was going on that he wasn’t happy with but I know he’s really happy to be at Cronulla now and generally when you’re happy and playing with people you want to play with, you play well."